Name: Logan Dale Fainter
From: Bevier, MO
Votes: 0
Logan
Fainter
Driver
Education Initiative Scholarship
19
November 2019
Better
Safe Than Sorry
I
think that the importance of drivers ed in reducing the number
of deaths as a result of driving is that if we all follow the rules
of the roads it would lead to a massive decline in deaths from
driving-related incidents. That’s the problem though, how are we
going to get people to follow the rules of the road? I think that
the only true way to do that is by showing them the results of bad
driving this will not only scare them, but it will show them what can
easily happen to them if they aren’t careful and how easily a life
can be lost by one poor decision. One massive thing that the
government could do to reduce the amount of driving-related incidents
would be to allow an area like an abandoned airport or something of
that nature to allow people to go drive anyway they want because then
when they have those urges to do something that isn’t legal on the
roads they would have an area to drive the way they want. I think
this would be a huge help because it would allow people a safe area
where they can’t hurt anyone else why they are driving dangerously.
I’ve never been in an accident and all of my family members that
have been in them have recovered pretty well except for my Great
Uncle Paul. Paul and his significant other Dauty both got in a
motorcycle accident and that caused great pain for them and they
still can’t get around as they used to, they now use electric
wheelchairs for the most part because it allows them to get around
without pain. This is something major that I have witnessed in my
life that makes me want to drive safely at all times and be aware of
my surroundings because it wasn’t their fault in their accident it
was a traffic light malfunction which is very tragic. I think that
there are lots of steps we could do to be a safer and better driver a
lot just involve thinking. Think about your destination, what will
happen if you don’t make it there? Also, think about the people
you care most about what would happen if you got hurt how would they
feel and how would that change them? That’s something to think
about every time we get in a vehicle to help us try to stay driving
safe. I am a person who puts my seatbelt on every time a get in a
vehicle and my friends will ask me, “Why are you wearing a
seatbelt?” I simply respond with, “Better safe than sorry.”
This ends the conversation nine times out of ten and people won’t
question me anymore. If anybody bothers you about wearing a seatbelt
then they clearly aren’t a true friend if they are bothering you
about something that is keeping you protected.
